We bought a great lot with 500 ft frontage on a main road a 350 ft on the side road that is 2.56 acres. It has 2 small homes and a mh on it. This  is a great spot to go commercial. being 2 miles from FLORIDA STATE COL...

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I'm a new small-time landlord figuring out my process for screening tenants for an apartment in Chicago. It seems like most all popular screening services like Mysmartmove, Rentspree, etc use the Transunion "...

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I was inspired by this article to improve my approach to underwriting CapEx costs for buy and hold rental investments. Up till now, I've been using a flat 0.75% of property value, but I worry th...

Hi All,Currently looking for new tenants as my current ones gave me the notice that they will be out at the end of July. I've been getting a steady steam off hits off of craigs list and zillow, and I just showed the u...

What does a home inspection consist of?

Hello! I am an investor in Columbus, Ohio with a few duplexes. For a little while now I have been cold calling local multifamily properties. I am improving, but still far from refined at the art. Two areas of weakness...

Hi everyone! newbie investor here with few properties in my portfolio. As my portfolio grows I am strating to think about all possible ways to protect my assets and myself from all liabilities. I have properties that ...

Hi BiggerPockets! I'm brand new to the investing sphere and have been reading several books on real estate, investing, and business, but I get the feeling that none of these books or the online sources I've looked at ...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to get some recommendations on favourite books on wholesaling.

A property's operating expenses are those that it incurs on a monthly or annual basis and are considered regular and continuing. Expenses like this include things like property taxes, insurance, maintenance, administr...